Costa Rica's ''entire national territory is...

DRUG TRAFFIC.

July 4, 1986

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA — DRUG TRAFFIC. Costa Rica's ''entire national territory is being used for drug trafficking.'' Interior Minister Guido Fernandez made the statement in telling reporters that he has prepared a plan that would unite Costa Rica's police and security officials in a campaign against it. The plan will be submitted to President Oscar Arias. Security Minister Hernan Garron said that in the last six months 1,600 pounds of cocaine have passed through Costa Rica en route to the United States. At a recent Interpol meeting in Bermuda, Costa Rica was named as the third largest center for laundering drug money, behind Colombia and Panama, Garron said.